I open up the store for the day at 8:30. （ ）

The railway opened up the east of the country. （ ）

The sales manager wants to open up new markets in the Far East. （ ）

I find it hard to open up when trying to discuss my own problems.（ )

(2) It's likely that... sb./sth. is likely to do sth.

[翻译] 这趟火车很可能晚点。_____________________________________________

比较：probable: adj. 很可能的，与likely意思相近，有时可以互换；possible的语气稍弱。

1）possible 常用于以下结构中:

①It is possible (for sb.) to do sth. ②It is possible that...

2). probable只用于下列句型：It's probable that ...

一句多译 ：

他可能会把车借给我们。

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当堂检测：

1). I think it quite _____ that we will reach the railway station before the train leaves.

A. perhaps B. possibly C. likely D. probably

2). What do you think is the most _____ result?

A. like B. likely C. possibly D. probably

3). Was it when no one had been _______ to do that that he came to deal with it?

A. maybe B. possible C. likely D. probable

4). Is there any _____ of our getting there in time?

A. possible B. probable C. likely D. possibility

5). It is _______ for us to finish the work ahead of time.

A. possible B. possibly C. likely D. probably

3. Nearly 3,500 years ago, people chewed on leaves or drank a kind of tea made from leaves possessing a special chemical to reduce body pains and fever.

(1) chew on 1. 咀嚼[(+on)] 2. 斟酌，仔细考虑

(2) be made from...

句中的made from 是过去分词作__________( 成分 ) 修饰_a kind of tea_ 。possessing a special chemical 是现在分词短语作___ （成分）修饰 leaves 。 to reduce body